Baked Cinnamon French Toast is an easy and delicious french toast breakfast prepared the night before then baked with a cinnamon topping the next morning. It's a meal everyone will enjoy waking up to!
The night before you want to bake and serve this French toast, prepare a 9 X 13-inch baking dish by generously greasing it with butter.
Cut the loaf of French bread into 1-inch cubes and place into baking dish, spreading evenly.
Into a medium bowl, break open the eggs.
Add the milk, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Mix well to combine.
Pour the mixture evenly over the bread.
Cover the baking dish tightly with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight.
The topping can be prepared either the night before and placed in the refrigerator in a plastic bag or made the morning of baking which is what I did.
Cinnamon Topping
In a small bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt.
Cut butter into pieces and add to bowl.
With a pastry cutter, cut butter into dry ingredients until mixture resembles course meal.
Place in bag to store in refrigerator overnight or place on French Toast the morning you bake it.
To Bake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Remove baking dish from refrigerator and uncover.
Distribute cinnamon topping evenly over french toast.
Prepare a baking sheet by covering it with foil and place the baking dish on top to help prevent any overflow onto the floor of your oven. It will expand when it bakes, but deflates as it cools.
Bake for 45-60 minutes depending on how well you want it cooked. 45 minutes and you will have a softer, bread pudding-like texture or 60 minutes for a drier and firmer dish.